Leo ehrltch



L. EHRLICH.

PAPER TTTTT R.

N0. 392,416. Patented NOV. 6, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO EHRLICH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T TEE AMERICAN ROLL PAPIER OOMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

PAPER-CUTTER.

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 392,416, dated N o vember 6, 1888.

' Application filed February 13, 1888. Serial N0. 253,798. (N0 model.)

ing parb of this specification, and in which Figure I is a side elevation of myimproved paper-cutter. Fig. II is an end view.

My it1vention rela.tes t0 an improvement in devices f01 holding and ei1tting wrapping-paper; and my invenbion consisbs in feataures of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings,l represenbs a suit able base, 110 whieh are seeured end pieces, 2. ()n the tops of these end pieces here are extensions 3, upon which the ro1ler 4:, holding the paper 5, is supported and moVes in a h0ri zon'a1 plane.

6 represents arms pivoted (so the ends ab 7. 'Ihe lower faces 0f these arms are inclined, as shown in Fig. II, and they bear upon thegudgeons 8 of the roller4. 'Ihe aebion 0f the arms upon the roller is 110 force the 1nbter outward on the extensions 3 as the paper 1's removed. 'Ihis is eaused by the weight of the arms and the inelines 0n their lower edges.

9 represents the knife,whi'ch is jonrnaled 130 the outer ends 0f Ehe arnns 6, and which rests upon the paper, as shown.

10 represents bars extending over the journals 0f ehe roller 110 keep them on the extensions 3, these arms being preferably formed in one piece with the exbensions, as shown in Fig. II.

I claim as rny invention l. In a paper-cutter, the combinabion 0f the roller, a support for the rollen, pivohed arms, and a knife 011 Ehe arms, said arms bearing up0n the gudgeons or journals 0f the roller, and being inclined (so cause the toller 130 move toward the knife as the paper is remov-ed, substantially as sei; forth.

2. 'Ihe combination, in a paper-cutter,of the base, ends seeured to the base, extensions on the ends,roller having extended gudgeons 0r journals bearing 0n th e extensions of the ends, arms pivoted to the ends, and knife seeured t0 the outer ends of the arms, said arms being inclined on their under edges and bearing upon bhe extended journals or gudgeons, substam tially as aud for the purpose sei; forth.

LEO EHRLICH.

In presnce of EDWD. S. KNIGH'I, J os. WAHLE. 

